World Children's Story Classics: Family Stories

Chapter 25 The Three Bears

There was a little girl who lost her way through the woods and couldn't get home.Walking and walking, she saw a small house, and she went in.There lived three bears in the house—Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Daughter Bear, and they all went for a walk.The little girl saw the cook drink up all the porridge in the smallest bowl.When she came to the bedroom, there were three chairs. She sat on the smallest one and shook it, and suddenly the chair fell apart.When I came to the inner room, I saw three beds, and I lay down on the small beds and fell asleep.The three bears came back, and the bear girl yelled first: "Oh, I'm out of porridge!" The little girl woke up frightened, saw the three bears through the crack of the door, jumped out of the window, and sneaked away.

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